Buffalo Sabres 2 — 6 Washington Capitals
2026-04-04 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 2 | 15 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson start | WSH | W | 37 | 39 | 2 | 29/31 | 8/8 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Colten Ellis | BUF | 20 | 23 | 3 | 18/20 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 54:08 | |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | L | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 05:52 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:28 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:20 |
| Josh Norris | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:27 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:20 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| Zach Benson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:20 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:05 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:15 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:59 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor McMichael | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:03 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Ryan Leonard | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 |
| Cole Hutson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:25 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| Matt Roy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| Brandon Duhaime | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21:10 |
| Ethen Frank | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:05 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 6 | |
| 2026-03-12 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025-26 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2025-03-30 | 2024-25 | BUF | 8 | WSH | 5 | |
| 2025-01-06 | 2024-25 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2024-12-14 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2024-04-11 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-04-02 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 6 | |
| 2023-11-22 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | WSH | 4 | OT |
| 2023-03-15 | 2022-23 | BUF | 4 | WSH | 5 | SO |